Burning Rubber

Author : Bettyann Kevles
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780813523583
Total Pages : 412 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Naked to the Bone written by Bettyann Kevles and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By the late 1960s, the computer and television were linked to produce medical images that were as startling as Roentgen's original X-rays. Computerized tomography (CT) and magnetic reasonance imaging (MRI) made it possible to picture soft tissues invisible to ordinary X-rays. Ultrasound allowed expectant parents to see their unborn children. Positron emission tomography (PET) enabled neuroscientists to map the brain. In this lively history of medical imaging, the first to cover the full scope of the field from X-rays to MRI-assisted surgery, Bettyann Kevles explores the consequences of these developments for medicine and society. Through lucid prose, vivid anecdotes, and more than seventy striking illustrations, she shows how medical imaging has transformed the practice of medicine - from pediatrics to dentistry, neurosurgery to geriatrics, gynecology to oncology. Beyond medicine, Kevles describes how X-rays and the newer technologies have become part of the texture of modern life and culture. They helped undermine Victorian sexual sensibilities, gave courts new forensic tools, provided plots for novels and movies, and offered artists from Picasso to Warhol new ways to depict the human form.

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Publisher : iSmithers Rapra Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781859570913
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rubber in the Environmental Age written by and published by iSmithers Rapra Publishing. This book was released on 1996 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Charles Jennings
Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 1849166323
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Burning Rubber written by Charles Jennings and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2010-02-04 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Burning Rubber, Charles Jennings tells the fast and furious tale of motor sport's premier competition, from its earliest roots in the suicidal road races of the Edwardian age to the brave new world of Hamilton, Button, Alonso and Vettel in the 2000s. In a narrative bristling with anecdote and incident, he explores the lost world of the 1950s racetrack, the rise of British constructors in the 1960s, the impact of technological changes from the late 1970s, the advent of the high-profile team boss in the 1980s and the revolution wrought on Formula One by computers in the 1990s. Throughout, sparkling and incisive profiles shed revelatory light on the drivers who have risked life and limb: the brilliant but inscrutable Juan Manuel Fangio, the ebullient Stirling Moss, the champagne-gargling James Hunt, the cerebral Alain Prost and mercurial Ayrton Senna, the adenoidal Nigel Mansell, the metronomic Michael Schumacher, the precocious Lewis Hamilton and the reborn Jenson Button. Burning Rubber takes the reader on a white-knuckle drive through the bends, straights, chicanes and pit stops of Formula One's chequered history.

Author : Michael Edward Peterson
Publisher : Elsevier Health Sciences
ISBN 13 : 0721606393
Total Pages : 1228 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Small Animal Toxicology written by Michael Edward Peterson and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 1228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Diagnose and determine treatment for toxic exposures in small animals with this quick reference! Small Animal Toxicology, 3rd Edition covers hundreds of potentially toxic substances, providing the information you need to manage emergency treatment and prevent poisonings in companion animals. To help you identify an unknown poison, this guide provides a list of potential toxins based on clinical signs or symptoms. It also includes a NEW color insert with 85 full-color photographs of toxic plants and of lesions associated with various poisonings. Written by respected veterinarian Michael E. Peterson and board-certified veterinary toxicologist Patricia A. Talcott, along with a team of expert contributors, this edition covers a wide variety of topics including toxicodynamics, toxicokinetics, effective history taking, recognizing clinical signs of toxic exposures, managing emergencies, and supportive care of the poisoned patient. Comprehensive coverage of toxins/poisons includes the full range of substances from acetaminophen to zinc, including home products, prescription medicines, recreational drugs, and more. Guidelines to evaluation, diagnosis and treatment include examinations of the source, toxic dose, toxicokinetics, clinical signs, minimum database, confirming tests, treatment progress and differential diagnosis for each specific toxicant. Coverage of common poisonous substances includes grapes and raisins, nicotine, mercury, mushrooms, Christmas-time plants, and snake and spider venoms. Toxicological Concepts section provides information on toxicologic principles such as history taking, providing supportive care, and managing emergency treatment. General Exposures section addresses nontraditional toxicology such as indoor environmental air, pesticides, pharmaceuticals, and toxicities in pregnant and lactating animals. Miscellaneous Toxicant Groups section covers commonly encountered specific toxicants, the proper use of diagnostic laboratories, use of human poison control centers, and antidotes for specific toxins. More than 50 international contributors provide up-to-date, authoritative advice on treating poisonings and intoxications. 8 NEW chapters cover topics including legal considerations in toxicology cases, responding to mass exposures, and poisonings in birds, small mammals, and geriatric patients. NEW color insert shows 85 of the most commonly encountered toxic substances for at-a-glance identification. UPDATED Signs and Symptoms index makes it easier to find information on a toxic agent by presenting signs rather than requiring the formulation of a diagnosis. UPDATED information on agents most likely to cause a toxic reaction includes natural flea products and an expanded section on human medications. NEW quick-access format with bold headings and convenient tables and boxes allows quick retrieval of information in emergency situations.

Author : Charles Jennings
Publisher : Quercus Books
ISBN 13 : 9781849160926
Total Pages : 327 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Burning Rubber written by Charles Jennings and published by Quercus Books. This book was released on 2010 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Formula One has been endangering the lives of its drivers, thrilling its fans since its inaugural season of 1950. Charles Jennings tells the fast and dangerous story of motor sport's premier competition. He explores the lost world of the 1950s racetrack, the irresistible rise of British constructors in the 1960s, the impact of technological changes from the late 1970s, the advent of the high-profile team boss in the 1980s and the revolution wrought on the sport by computers in the 1990s. Throughout, he offers memorable profiles of the drivers who have risked life and limb on circuits from Monte Carlo to Monza: the ebullient Stirling Moss, the champagne-gargling James Hunt, the cerebral Prost and the mercurial Senna (whose combined brilliance was exceeded only by their mutual loathing), the adenoidal Nigel Mansell, the metronomic Michael Schumacher, the precocious Lewis Hamilton and the reborn Jenson Button. Burning Rubber offers a white-knuckle drive through the bends, straights, chicanes and pit stops of Formula One's chequered history.

Author : Charles Jennings
Publisher : Quercus
ISBN 13 : 1623655374
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Burning Rubber written by Charles Jennings and published by Quercus. This book was released on 2014-08-12 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Burning Rubber, Charles Jennings tells the fast and furious tale of motor sport's premier competition, from its earliest roots in the suicidal road races of the Edwardian age to the brave new world of Hamilton, Button, Alonso and Vettel in the 2000s. In a narrative bristling with anecdote and incident, he explores the lost world of the 1950s racetrack, the rise of British constructors in the 1960s, the impact of technological changes from the late 1970s, the advent of the high-profile team boss in the 1980s and the revolution wrought on Formula One by computers in the 1990s. Throughout, sparkling and incisive profiles shed revelatory light on the drivers who have risked life and limb: the brilliant but inscrutable Juan Manuel Fangio, the ebullient Stirling Moss, the champagne-gargling James Hunt, the cerebral Alain Prost and mercurial Ayrton Senna, the adenoidal Nigel Mansell, the metronomic Michael Schumacher, the precocious Lewis Hamilton and the reborn Jenson Button. Burning Rubber takes the reader on a white-knuckle drive through the bends, straights, chicanes and pit stops of Formula One's checkered history.

Author : Darrell Varga
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN 13 : 0773598057
Total Pages : 374 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Shooting from the East written by Darrell Varga and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2015-11-01 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Atlantic Canada has a rich tradition of storytelling and creativity that has extended to critical and audience praise for films from the region’s four provinces. Until now there has been no comprehensive history of this diverse body of work. In Shooting from the East, Darrell Varga traces the emergence of art cinema in the 1970s and ’80s, and subsequent rise of a contemporary commercial feature film and television industry by way of representative examples of a great range of titles, including The Adventure of Faustus Bidgood, Life Classes, The Disappeared, and Trailer Park Boys. He provides analysis of documentary filmmaking to emphasize concerns such as the establishment of the regional National Film Board studio and the influence of broadcast policy, but also considers significant recurring themes including the environment, the body, race and First Nations, and the North. Through critical analyses of key films and interviews conducted with filmmakers from all corners of the region, Varga uncovers patterns of meaning across diverse productions and interrogates the concept of region in relation to prevailing notions of national cinema and transnational media culture. With a focus on short films and an extensive history and analysis of the filmmaking production co-operatives located in each province, Shooting from the East sheds light on the creative processes and local economic and cultural conditions for making images on the edge of the Atlantic.

Author : United States. Office of the Quartermaster General. Military Planning Division
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 880 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Technical Abstracts written by United States. Office of the Quartermaster General. Military Planning Division and published by . This book was released on 1943 with total page 880 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Ariella Pahlke
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781895763010
Total Pages : 13 pages
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Download or read book Burning Rubber written by Ariella Pahlke and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 13 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Golden Books Publishing Company
Publisher : Golden/Disney
ISBN 13 : 0375874941
Total Pages : 22 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Burn Rubber! written by Golden Books Publishing Company and published by Golden/Disney. This book was released on 2008-08-26 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: BIG PAGES EQUALS big fun for kids! Now all of your favorite characters from the hit movie Cars are larger-than-life in this giant 13-1/2 x 19-3/8 inch coloring book—with over 100 stickers!